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Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions.
The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.
A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months
Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming
<p>Shop owner Lisa Scobie says Forrest Beach is usually a place where ‘kids go fishing before school’. Then six mysterious objects washed up</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>When pieces of mysterious space debris washed up on the beach at her sleepy coastal community in north Queensland, Lisa Scobie’s first thoughts were about making sure everyone was safe.</p><p>But days later the local takeaway shop owner had settled on another reaction to what had become international news.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/11/how-space-balls-launched-a-sleepy-queensland-beach-town-into-the-global-spotlight-at-warp-speed">Continue reading...</a>
Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity. But a crack in a nonelastic simple fluid has them questioning that idea. <p>The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/we-know-simple-fluids-can-flow-turns-out-some-can-fracture-20260710/" target="_blank">We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a></p>
A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months
Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming
In her new book, science journalist Roberta Kwok takes readers behind the scenes to understand how researchers get nature to give up its secrets.
See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday.
Farmers welcome the Scottish government funding but say it's not enough to stop them losing about £1m a month
At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI
The AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally friendly technology.
At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI
<p>Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build</p>
<p>Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do?</p>
Headed for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.
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The high brown fritillary needs bracken and a certain violet to thrive - but everything in moderation.
How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron
<p>A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable</p>
How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron
It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.
During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a professional scientist, you can still help the research